Bound

Bound

6/26/16

1 Samuel 18:1-5

Chris Breslin

 

“Friendship…is born at the moment when one [person] says to another “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself…” –C.S. Lewis

 

“We are bound to each other, therefore I love you. You may bore me or wound me or otherwise become unattractive to me, but that doesn’t mean I’ll walk away.” -Maggie Gallagher

 

Why Can’t Men Be Friends? by Wesley Hill (Article in Christianity Today)

Spiritual Friendship by Wesley Hill

The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis

 

Scripture

1 Samuel 14

1 Samuel 18

 Ruth 1:16-18

Exodus 33:11

John 15:9-17

1 John 3:16

 

This Sunday’s Songs

New Wonders, McCracken

Alive, Hoisingtons/Jordan/Leonard

What a Friend We Have in Jesus, Converse/Scriven

Blest Be the Tie That Binds, Fawcett/Mason

Oh To Be Loved, Cockrell

 

Further Reading on David

The Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter

The David Story: A Translation of 1 & 2 Samuel by Robert Alter

1 Samuel as Christian Scripture by Stephen Chapman

1 Samuel (Word Biblical Commentary) by Ralph Klein

Leap Over A Wall: Earthly Spirituality for Everyday Christians by Eugene Peterson

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